#tree of death

[thesobsister]

"The Tree of Death - The Sinner" (ca. 1835-1855)

This cheery interpretation of the Gospel quotes at the bottom of the image, from the famed team of Currier & Ives, shows the devil watering a tree that, rather unhelpfully, a skeleton looks about to cut down. Get on the same page, fellas!

Also, good to know that among the various fruits of the Tree of Death is "Self Love." I thought the downside was limited to going blind, so something new learned today.

[nihilosphere]

The path of the initiate is a winding one. The very nature of our ascent is serpentine. It twists, turns. coils and goes back into itself. Ascension through the spheres is a gradual process. The mystic must take his time, watch his step and perform his work with devotion, or he will be consumed and annihilated by the Great Chaos. The Dragon compels us – but by degrees.

HO DRAKON HO MEGAS

[strixessabre]

I finally finished the Tree of Death from Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs de mal. The original piece was done in 1858 by an artist named Felix Bracquemond!

I did the best I could do with repainting this wonderful piece! It's now up for grabs as a one of a kind. I'm considering painting the other version Felix had made. But for now you can have a wonderful deadly tree. All hand painted, and hand sewn sides. There is a small doodle on the back of what I originally wanted to do, that's the only take away here, a solid piece none the less.

( Strixes' Sabre )

[aeternumoccult]

YOURLASTPAGEISANOTHERSINTRO☠️🌳🩸

By:

https://www.instagram.com/patrick.ganas?igsh=MWY2NWRmd2M2eDFudw==

[enterthisuniverse]

Lilith.

This is where the initiate will meet the first guides/allies on this new journey. From here, it begins the trials and tribulations of the Qliphoth. Dante begin his journey here accompanied by Vergil. In this case, it's whoever your deity/guide/ally is. The Qlipha from my experience is like a dark cave with really dim lighting. The water is like acid, the smoke that rose from it burned my skin, the place smelled like sulfur. However, it burned my nostils. I knew better than to breathe through my mouth. Otherwise, I would've burned my lungs or caught something from this astral realm. So no thank you. There were astral impressions of fire to include some stakes burning from a distance. Lilith appeared as a huge vampiric figure who just placed her hand on my heartspace and triggered unwanted memories from within. My spirit feel to the floor, shivering like I was cold while my mind raced and projected memories that I've pushed in and didn't want to face.

How did this qlipha manifest in the physical realm?

Where can I start?

From my experience, hot flashes, sudden anger, frustration, fear, anxiety, shame. Inner conflict rising from my heart chakra and...a lot of intrusive thoughts that were not mine. Sounds like schizophenia but I knew for a fact it wasn't. There was a LOT of internal struggle chaos, tension, panic attacks, psychosis, especially when I tried to control what was happening to me. I didn't want anyone to know what was happening to me. Not at all. I've felt isolated socially. It seemed familiar. The pain of being alone....again. The pain of having too many enemies.....again. All of this is something that was inside of me that I had constntly pushed down when I was a kid. Now as an adult, and volunteered myself as tribute to travel the Qliphoth, the hell realms, in order to retrieve the keys to my life, had to find a way in order for me to relieve myself of these traumatic experiences besides going to therapy. So this is where it starts.

[pato-love]

[claypigeonpottery]

sold

it turned out so beautifully 🥹

and the plum blossoms show which way the lid fits 🌸

[learnorneverrealize1888000888]

[msflamingo]

'The Tree Of Death: The Sinner' - lithograph, ca. 1845. Devil watering tree of sins and skeleton about to chop it down. Lithograph by Nathaniel Currier, published by Currier & Ives, New York, between 1835 and 1855.

[stil-lindigo]

the vulture.

a comic about cycles.

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[caiiypso]

[mkultrawolf]

[strixessabre]

Are you a fan of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal? Ever wanted the tree of death on your wall? Good thing I painted that for everyone to enjoy! But I only got one flag to go around!

( Strixes' Sabre )

[hyperconsciouslibrary]

[anicream]

there's this light you keep on chasing

[proxycrit]

I interrupt my zelda posting with caitvi because Arcane changed my brain chemistry

(ight, now i go back on hiatus! If you want to see my sketchbook which I WILL be posting until the day I wither, check out patreon! Now excuse me as i crawl back into my warm little den)

((Im also currently significantly more active on my instagram posting commission work, if you wanna see it :0))

Edit: ah dang it the hyperfixation’s set in.